Bike Rides, Hikes & Walking Tours

Bike Boat Brew & Bark

Bike Boat Brew & Bark celebrates the outdoor adventurer, the dog lover, the craft beer enthusiast, the local and the tourist looking to discover a secret in Knoxville’s urban wilderness. It’s a place where you can ride your bike, bring your dog and explore Knoxville in a new way on this special day! Then live it, experience it, and continue to explore it all year long! We’ll show you how at Volunteer Landing on the Tennessee River!

Save the Date!

Saturday, June 2nd, 2018

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Photos from BBBB 2017

Event Highlights from the
2017 BIKE BOAT BREW & BARK

Visit Knoxville Powerboat Classic

Watch the hottest Superleague Race boats in the world power through turns and streak down the straights of the Tennesee River at top speeds of over 100 mph! Join us at Volunteer Landing for the best views!

Smoky Mountain Dock Dogs

See dozens of competition dogs show off their jumping skills as the Smoky Mountain Dock Dogs entertain the crowd at Volunteer Landing! Smoky Mountain Dock Dogs is the first DockDogs® affiliated club in Tennessee! Dock Diving is a growing sport nationally and internationally with competitions on ESPN® and the Outdoor Channel®. Visit Knoxville will host The World Championship of Dog Dogs at KCC Oct 25- 27 of this year.

Hoyt Hydrosports

Enjoy a thrilling performance by Hoyt Hydrosports as they entertain the crowd with a flyboarding show along Volunteer Landing! Performances occurs in between the Knoxville Powerboat Classic.

Pet Photo Contest with Young-Williams Animal Center

Pet lovers join us at Volunteer Landing for a fun Instagram pet photo contest! Tag your photos with #knoxfido at the event! The two photos with the most ‘likes’ win pooch prize packs from CitiFid-o! Young-Williams Animal Center will be at Volunteer Landing on Saturday with props, snapping pictures for the contest and keeping all furry friends safe, hydrated, and cool.

Riverwalk with Jack Neely

Completed almost 20 years ago, Volunteer Landing interprets, with permanent marble markers, the city’s complex relationship with its famous river--with quotes from famous authors and well as short narratives about early settlers, the Civil War, and Tennessee football, as well as a statue commemorating a complicated treaty with the Cherokee signed on that site. Author Jack Neely, of the Knoxville History Project, did the research for those stone markers, and will offer this first-ever guided tour.

Bike Walk Knoxville ride
from Cherokee Farm to Volunteer Landing

Discover a new round-trip route on this urban bike ride starting at the new Greenway at Cherokee Farm (off Alcoa Highway). This ride will take riders to Volunteer Landing and will return to Cherokee Farm. The ride will be led by Caroline Cooley, Bike Walk Knoxville Certified Instructor.

Brewery Slow Rides

Local craft brewers will lead bike rides from Volunteer Landing to their respective breweries in a relaxed slow ride. Riders will be able to see how easy it is to ride and learn more about the local brewing.

Alliance Brewing Company

Last Days of Autumn

Balter Beerworks

Saw Works Brewery

Schulz Brau Brewing Company

Hexagon Brewing Co.

Pretentious Beer Co.

Urban Hike with TVA

Tennessee Valley Authority will guide an Urban Hike to Suttree’s Landing. Participants will need to meet the TVA hiking guides at the TVA Towers North and enjoy a beautiful, scenic hike over the river and to the park! They will learn how easy it is to go from the center of our great city into our lush wilderness! The hike is approximately a mile and a half one-way. Furry companions are welcome!

Ingress Mission Day Plus
GORUCK Scavenger Hunt

Ingress is a location-based augmented reality exergame consisting of capturing ‘portals’ at places of cultural significance. Gameplay relies heavily on the players/teams physically moving throughout the community in order to interact with these portals to complete each mission. It is very exciting for Knoxville to have been chosen as Ingress Mission Days are played across the globe. The mission day takes place all day Saturday with a group photo to start the day at Volunteer Landing.

TVA Expo at Volunteer Landing

Learn about the many opportunities for recreation on TVA lands and waterways and about TVA’s environmental stewardship programs, such as water quality and land management. TVA’s River Management will also provide an overview of the hydro system that provides navigation and flood control on the Tennessee River. Kid activities.